Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

Capitalize first letter in CV?

English answer:

No - not systematically

Added to glossary by Sheila Wilson
Feb 7, 2010 10:28
14 yrs ago
English term

Capitalize first letter in CV?

English Other Certificates, Diplomas, Licenses, CVs
Dear colleagues, I just wanted to know if you capitalize the first letter in a CV (in table format), for ex.

Specialist Member of a Task Force to correct Production-Critical Incident

OR

Consulting Provided to Customer XY

OR

• Coordination between Internal and External Architecture and System Definitions

Thanks!
Alexandra
Change log

Feb 9, 2010 06:15: Sheila Wilson Created KOG entry

Responses

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No - not systematically

Capitals where needed - names of qualifications, companies, educational establishments, etc, but not every word as in your example

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Note added at 8 mins (2010-02-07 10:37:12 GMT)
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An example: a task force, but Task Force "Zebra"



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Note added at 1 hr (2010-02-07 12:21:14 GMT)
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To reply to asker's note: If it just says "experience in" then I don't see the need for capitals, only if it's, for example "Master in Process Modelling".
Note from asker:
Hi Sheila, thanks a lot for your answer, I was only wondering what to do with for ex. - Experience in process modelling and optimization - shall I treat process modelling as a kind of proper name or use lower case letters?
Peer comment(s):

agree Alison Sabedoria (X)
4 mins
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agree Jack Doughty
13 mins
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agree Yasutomo Kanazawa
20 mins
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agree marina hennies
36 mins
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agree Carol Gullidge : yes, capitals on;y needed for names (as in yr Task Force Zebra). You could feasibly also capitalise 1st letters of each point in bullet points - but this would be an optional stylistic matter
44 mins
Thanks Carol - for the first word I think consistency is more important than anything else: all or none
agree Stephanie Ezrol
2 hrs
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agree Jenni Lukac (X) : I don't have experience in German but I know in Spanish there is a tendency to capitalize things that in English are not capitalized. Sheila has given a good guide.
3 hrs
Thanks Jenni. I've forgotten most of my German, but I do know that EVERY noun is capitalised!
agree Rolf Keiser
3 hrs
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agree Lirka
7 hrs
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agree Maurite Fober
16 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks a lot for your prompt help and for peer agrees !"
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